California Virtual Academy
| California Virtual Academy | |
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2360 Shasta Way, Unit A Simi Valley, California 93065 United States |
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| Type | Virtual school |
| Opened | 2002 |
| Grades | Kindergarten - 12th grade |
| Affiliation | K12 Inc. |
| Website | CAVA Homepage |
California Virtual Academies (CAVA) is one of many virtual charter schools that is controlled by the curriculum provider K12 Inc. Although all public charter schools are not-for-profit, K12 is for profit. The academy, like most K12 Inc. supplied schools, loans the student textbooks, materials, and a computer so the student can access his/her online lessons.
The K-8 course lessons are on the K12 Online School (OLS). Parents are required to follow a board adopted school calendar, which includes 180 instructional days. The number of lessons completed each day can be adjusted under the facilitation of a credentialed teacher. However the student must have completed each core course (Math, English, Science, and Social Studies) to 90% or higher by the last day of school. Course lessons include online reading, sometimes followed by offline textbook work and then the lesson test, also called an assessment. The test consists of an online multiple choice quiz and/or a textbook quiz that has multiple choice and/or short answer questions. The offline textbook multiple choice and/or short answer questions are answered by the student, the answers are then graded with the teacher guide answer key book by the parent who enters the results into the online test. The online questions are then graded by the computer and the test grade is then displayed. At the end of the school day the parent records attendance on the OLS of what courses their student worked on that day and how much time they spent.As the student progresses into middle school as he/she becomes more independent, the curriculum is designed to allow the student to take more responsibility for his/her education, however, the parent is still needed to present the work for the day, review the completed work, and ensure mastery of the lesson.
The 9-12 course lessons are also provided by K12. CAVA high school is a good option for the extremely self-motivated student. Additionally, CAVA is a good option for student who would otherwise attend small rural schools that don't offer AP and other advanced classes. CAVA students are part of a large student body, but they rarely, if ever, meet any of the other students. The population is diverse of both race and culture, although like all online schools the population is more white than the general student body. It is also a good option for the challenged student who has huge parental support. The pass rate and test scores of the CAVA students is well below state averages. The assignments are graded either by the computer for the multiple choice questions or by the teacher for the short answer questions, the longer essays or papers, and the laboratory reports. Students can either do the word processing online or can print out the questions and answer them, scan them and submit the scans or doc files into a 'drop box.' Because each student receives their own set of lab equipment and unlike in a conventional classroom, the labs must be completed at home without help and are limited to inexpensive items that are almost completely safe.
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